January is a month for plans and resolutions, but I' not good at it at all... I don't make any "resolution lists" - but I loved the idea on the Creative Therapy blog - to find a "word" for the coming year...yes, that is something for me! I strongly hope that 2011 will be a good, creative year as in the end of the 2010 some new perspectives opened for me and now I need to follow them. My main problem is to believe I can really do it, it is all possible and my dreams may come true one day. So, to sum up: I have to remember that I’m good enough, it is time to believe in myself and follow my dreams. Fingers crossed!

Last week I had 2 great color challenges to participate in - the first one was Black, white and one extra color for Подари кусочек счастья blog.I really adore b&w, so creating this layout was a pure pleasure and I rather quick - my colors are black, white and yellow.

The main part of the Layout composition are great stamps by Michelle Ward (Green Pepper Press), which I totally adore. The second accents are beautiful brads and white flowers from Craftmania.pl. - I used golden ones and a big round brass one in the middle of the biggest circle. Then I added some machine stiching, tissue tapes, and 7Gypsies rub-ons. Ready!

I want to add that I had a great honor to be lifted b the amazivgly talented Iris Babao Uy - you just have to check her creation! Also m friend Karolahad a great time with lifting Steph's style... to be honest all the designers did breathtaking creations! Please, join the challenge, try the palette and style lifting... I hope to see your project in The Color Room gallery.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Niektóre prace powstają tylko po to, żeby przekazać pozytywne emocje nieco wewnętrznego ciepła. Taki zamysł miał właśnie ten kolażyk: zapisanie i przekazanie dalej dobrego momentu w moim życiu, dającego otuchę i nadzieję...a jednocześnie chwili tak bardzo przecież kruchej. Some projects are made just to express your positive emotions or happy thoughts, although they are so delicate, fragile, easy to loose or damage. I'm memorising my good time on this canvas...and I'm using great circle stamps and I'm havigh great time - the same as the other ladies from the DT did!

Gromadzimy także klej do decou lub coś klejopodobnego - może to być rozwodniony wodny lakier. Przeciągamy nim tło i przyklejamy część wyciętych kółek, pokrywając je klejem także z wierzchu. Przygotowujemy sobie tusze, spraye, stemple...We grab some glue - decoupage glue is perfect - and we put a layer of it on the top of our background. We stick a few paper elements with the same glue and put a next glue layer on the top. We let it dry and prepare stamps, sprays and inks.

Kiedy klej jest suchy stemplujemy wzory i domalowujemy cienie i inne pożądane wzorki - można do tego celu użyć tuszu Distress z wodą, akwareli lub tak jak ja - Glimmer Mista:)When the tag is dry we stamp it and paint the shades or patterns with a paintbrush - you can use Glimmer mists for sparying and waterpainting - any water ink and watercolor will do.

Imagine: the night escapes from the first, delicate rays of sunlight, painting shiny colors on the city sky. You can se not only the buildings, but also the details - notalways the pretty ones - graciusly half-covered with a blanket of darkness. The city is misty, pink and gold i colors... You can smell the freshly baked rolls and the freshly printe newspapers too... The city wakes up.

I wanted this canvas to look vintage and delicate but also colorful, so I took rather light shades of Glimmer Mist– it worked beautifully both with sprayed canvas and laces, giving the project an extra depth and texture.The canvas blank is now grungy and vintage in style, embellished with laces, metal buttons, pins and other different objects from my collection – usually well covered with rust. The photo was transferred o the Sticky Back Canvas, then set together with laces and crochet elements and put on a canvas blank, which corners were stamped with my favourite swirl stamps and black ink. To color the project I used mostly Glimmer Mists in the shades of blue, green and brown: Patina, Turquoise Blue , Slate,Olive Vine, Honey Dew Mist, Sand and Gold, sprayed on the canvas and dried with a heating tool. Two colours of Glimmer Glaze: Chianti and Waterfall were used for adding and extra touch to the transferred photo and embellishments.
The swirl stamps I used are "Romeo" set from Michelle Ward's Green Pepper Press.

And I'd love to invite you to an exciting pre-CHA sneak peek with Heidi Swapp and some SUPRISE guests! We willgive you the FIRST look at new products coming your way and exciting announcements for 2011! Mark your calendars and we’ll see you LIVE on Tuesday, January 18th at 8p.m. MST! Invite your friends!

My second project is a paper layout named “Flow”, with canvas embellishments on it and totally custom background – created with Glimmer Mists from the lovely Limited Spring 2011 – Bahama Cruise Line. To color the background and canvas elements I took three colors: Marmalade, Sun Sisters and Rum Punch, which go together beautifully. The background paper was stamped and sprayed with an extra paper cards put on it – to get nice masking effect – and then sprayed a bit more with water, to make it more wet and create the “flowing color”.

Today I want to share my all-time favorite: canvas collage layout, with my beloved found objects, which I collect compulsively. They really make my creativity go wild and give me the chance to show different aspects of mixed-media – and aspects of me, a part of my "inner world".
Rubbish and Glimmer Mists are a perfect match, and objects of my deepest love in one – which is easy to see on the canvas below, I think.It is also one of my projects for Tattered Angels for January.

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